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Fediverse
Here's some fediverse instances I know of, and how lenient their adult content rules on art are.
Instances I won't list:
- Private/friends-only servers
- General instances that ban things kinkier than vanilla hand-holding.
- Unmoderated hellholes
Notes
- “The Fediverse” includes Mastodon, the most popular software that big instances like Mastodon.social or Mastodon.art run. Blorbo.social runs Mastodon!
- There are other sites and software on “the fediverse” that use the ActivityPub protocol and can all load each other's posts, like Misskey and Pixelfed. Threads is semi-federated, but I think most instances blocks them. Bluesky is not technically on “the fediverse” but there is some manually bridging/cross-posting from user efforts. Sites like Wordpress and Tumblr keep saying they might federate.
- “Federation”: Servers that are federated can load other's posts.
- “Defederation”: Servers that are defederated cannot load other's posts, and users cannot follow each other. It's a big block button for everyone on that instance.
- “Limited”: Servers that are limited by another server will only load limited content. Example: Blorbo only loads text from Aethy, no images or user icons.
Da List
| Name | Theme | Adult rules? | Other notes? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blorbo.social | Fandom | No sexual art of underage characters. | * Rejects media from Aethy, does not federate with Baraag. * Federates with most other instances. |
| Aethy | Art | Openly allows almost everything fictional. | Many other instances suspend Aethy for lolicon. |
| Baraag | Art | Openly allows almost everything fictional. It's 99% lolicon porn. | * Kind of a “free speech” warzone for politics and other irl stuff lol * Many other instances suspend Baraag for lolicon and hate speech |
| Fandom.ink | Fandom | * No sexual art of underage characters. * Explicit porn must be hidden from public timelines. | |
| Federated Fandom | Fandom | No sexual art of underage characters. | |
| Denden | Art, Furry | No sexual art of underage characters. | Federates with most other instances. |
| Wet-Dry World | ???, Chaos | * Explicit porn must be unlisted/hidden from public timelines | Dunno why they're suspended by other instances?! |
| Misskey.io | Art | Abide by Japanese law and censor genitals. | * A bit “free speech” 4channy, you'll see gay users AND users hating gay people |
| Misskey.design | Art | * Abide by Japanese law and censor genitals. * No live-action porn. | Mostly original art rather than fanart |